Automobile hood and curtain



April 13 1926. 1,580,822

c. GIUDICE AUTOMOBILE HOOD AND CURTAIN Filed May 5, 1925 INVENTOIf.65/096229 fizzzdzce Y A TORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

UNIT-en sm r -es PATENT onnoennoernnron, OEBROOKLYN, NEWYORK',.:A:SSIGNOR OFJIONEEALF ro vrro GASTAGNA, OE BROOKLYN; NEW YORKL.

AUTOMOBILE Boon Ann ouR'rAIm Application field May 5, 192,5. Seriat. mi28.072.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that; I, CALoo hno Giooron, a

subject of "the lii'ng of Ita-ly residing at.

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,lltLVQlIlVGIItGCl certain new. and useful Improvements lnj'Automobl'leHoodsandCiulains, of which the following isa specification. g Y

Th1 inventronrelatesto mprovements 1n automobiles, more particularly, toimprovementsof the side curtains of'the automobile hoods, and it istheprincipal object of the invention to provide an automobile hood withmeans fordrawing, the curtains simultaneouslyfrom the drivers seat byon'e single. operation'for releasing the same 1n order to protect t-h'einterior of the car against sudden. rainfall's; storms, orthe like.

Another'objeet of the invention isthe prof vision ofa curtainopera-ting'means of simple and inexpensive constructionadapted to bereadily installed on any make of car without the necessity of materiallychanging its construction;

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device ofthischaracter which allows the simultaneous drawing of the ourta-i'ns toany desired extent, to close the wind'ows in the-side curtains to agreater or lesserdeg'ree', and which will give an ineX- pensive car theappearance of a car of con- Tsiderable value. p g v A still furtherobject of the invention is tl i eprovisi'on of an automobile curtainoperating device of the above type allowing free access to and'egress"from the body of the" ear" and a separate operation of the rear andfrontcurtains, 1f this, is desired.

These and other objectsa-n d' advantages of the invent onwill becomemore fully known asthedescriptionthereof proceeds, and will -.then bespecifically defined in theappended claims; r In the accompanyingdrawing, forming a material p art of tliis" disclosure ba'rs"36and 37f.

Shafts 35 and 4:8 carrysprocketwheels means of wing-nut bolts. 13', tothe.

The hood" carries atop 1.4; on the'cus: tfoniary supportand braces1.5'-a1'1d16 and 17, andrside,curtai'nsl'8, 19.,"an'd ;.whicl' havewindow openings 21,22, and'23. respecs ti'vely- The, body has.v on 'thieupper edges pf.

sides channel-irons 24 and 25 5' of" subst'antial- 1y U-shaped:cross-section, erected and. $6 cured thereto by any suitable means;forinstance, as indicated at 26,- Inthese channel;

irons, are rotatably mounted outta-in roll i ers .27' and 28 about whichthe sidecurtains 29 and 30 are wound andfwhich are equipped. wlth theusual. roller curtain springsto auto;

matically wind lthe curtains ga biout' "said:

rollers. v V

lhe curtains have cables '31 and 321attached thereto near their loweredges which are wound about orxguided' Onhpulleys 33.

and3 l ona shaft 35,, and it is to be under; stood that the" pulleys arepairwise near each s de of the car, andthatthe shaft 85 1 is journaledin side bars 36 and37 of the hood frame; v v The shaft carries in frontof'thedrivers seat a hand wheel 38. for rotating said shaft lnjorder, todraw the curtains.

The parts are "locked in their respective positions when the curtainsare drawn, by

means of a ratchet 39' on shaft 35 which is part. 40 adapted to beopera-ted e g by byalever 41". v I

Thecables securedto the upper parts of the'curtains. are guided overpulleys '42 and i 43, secured on the upper shaft 43 parallel toishaft35' and also journaled in the frame 44: and 45 thereover which agch'ainfldis guided. g y v In order to allow a convenient accesslito and egressfrom the carthe 'curtainoperat:

mg cables 31 and 32; are each madein two i parts connected at theirmeeting ends by suitable hooks 47 or the like, allowing a quickseparation and connection of the cable parts. Shaft 35 carries also adrum 48 having in its interior an opening 49 attached at one end to thedrum and at its other end to a sleeve 50 in shaft 35, while a ratchetwheel 51 is engaged by a pawl adapted to be operated by a knob and pin52 from the outside of the drum 48 to allow a quick winding andunwinding of the curtains and, a stop at any desired point. i

The operation of the device will be entirely clear from the abovedescription.

7 If it is desired to draw the curtains, the pawl 40 is released fromits engagement with the ratchet 39 by the proper operation of lever ll,and the shafts 35 and 43 are rotated by means of the hand wheel 38through the intermediary of the sprocket wheels and chain tosimultaneously and uniformly draw the rear and front curtains,whereafter the parts are locked-again by bringing pawl into engagementwith ratchet 39. If the engagement is again interrupted, the curtainswill be automatically wound about their rollers, as is well known withwindow curtains. Persons may readily enter the car and leave the same bydisconnecting the cable parts by the proper manipulation of hooks 47. Ifa quick and simultaneous drawing of the curtains is desired, this can beeffected by the proper manipulation of knob and pin 52. In order tocouple the opening drum 48 with the hand wheel 38 the same is madeintegrally with a couphng member 53 adapted to be shifted intoengagement with a coupling member 54 on the drum 48. f

' While I here described and illustrated the preferred form of myinvention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the.general arrangement and in the construction of the minor detallsthereof, as fall within the scope of the appended claims .withoutdeparture from the spirit and principle of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A curtain operating device for cars,

' comprising a plurality of vertically disposed channel-bars erected onthe car frame, a spring controlled curtain roller in each of saidchannel-bars, a curtain wound about each of said rollers, cables made inparts attached to the upper and lower end parts of said curtains, meansfor separably connecting the parts of said cables, shafts in front ofthedrivers seat, a hand wheel for rotatin said shafts, means for winding,said cables upon the operation of said wheel si multaneously anduniformly to draw said curtains, and a means for locking said shafts intheir adjusted positions.

2. A curtain operating device for cars comprising a plurality ofspring-rollers, curtains on said rollers, cables made in parts attachedto the upper and lower ends of said 6 curtains, means for separablyconnecting the parts of said cables, shafts in front of the driversseat, pulleys on said shafts on which said cables are wound to draw thecurtains, means for operating said shafts to wind the 6 cables aboutsaid pulleys and a means for locking said shafts in their adjustedpositions.

3. A curtain operating device for cars, comprising a plurality ofspring-rollers, cur- 7 tains on said rollers, cables made in partssecured to the free outer ends of said curtains, at the top and bottomedges, means for separably connecting the parts of said cables, an upperand a lower shaft in front of the 7 drivers seat, a hand wheel on thelower of said shafts, pairwise arranged pulleys on said shafts adaptedto facilitate the winding of said cables, a pair of sprocket wheels onsaid shafts, a chain guided over said wheels, 8 a ratchet wheel on thelower shaft, a pawl engaging said ratchet, and an operating lever forengaging said pawl with said ratchet to lock said shafts in theiradjusted positions, the release of said pawl and ratchet engagementallowing an automatic winding of said curtains on said rollers under thespring action.

I. A curtain operating device for cars, comprising a plurality of springcontrolled rollers, curtains on said rollers, cables made in partssecured to the free outer ends of said curtains at the top thereof andbottom edges, hooks for separably connecting the parts of said cables,an upper and a lower shaft in front of the drivers seat, a drum on thelower of said shafts, a spring in said drum, a ratchet on said drum, apawl engaging said ratchet, and a knob-pin controlling said. pawl, ahand wheel on said lower shaft and means for coupling said hand wheelwith sald drum, pairwise arranged pulleys on said shafts adapted tofacilitate the winding of said cables, a pair of sprocket wheels on saidshafts, a chain guided over said wheels, and hand operated means forallowing a coupling of said hand wheel and drum for signature.

CALOGERO GIUDIOE.

